One year on, Osbourne said she was also looking to the future, hoping that Ozzy Day would continue as part of the star’s legacy.
“This is the home of metal,” she said of Birmingham. “It’s Ozzy’s home, it’s where he was born, what he loved and [Ozzy Day] wouldn’t work anywhere else,” she said.
“He loved this city, he loved its people. He was proud of being a Brummie and that’s it.”
In the meantime, there are the memories.
Osbourne described last year’s Back to the Beginning gig, which included Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Slayer, as “beautiful”.
“It was something my family, my grandchildren, my children will never forget,” she said.
“The outpouring of love and respect that was there for Ozzy, and it just meant everything.”
She added: “It went all over the world and people from all over the world were writing to us and saying what a beautiful thing it was.”
